Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$95
Still factory sealed. Hard-to-find and from original Frog molds. One of the very early British Prop-jet airliners, Heralds carried 56 passengers or 6.5 tons of freight at a range of 1000 miles and a cruising speed of 275 mph. This kit features separately molded rudder, ailerons and elevators, two position passenger and cargo doors, rotating propeller & wheels, seated and standing pilots and more. Includes two very colorful decal sheets and painting guide for both aircraft.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Pit Road/Skywave issue. Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model that can be built as any of the destroyers listed because it includes decals for all ships listed - hull numbers and stern names as well. This model includes a helicopter hanger bay with an optional position door and a detailed SH-60J. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$64
Very high quality and highly detailed model inside and out. Never started. Most parts are still in the factory sealed bags. One bag has been opened, and the parts inside that bag have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propellers of the size and quantity listed. Please note that the package you receive may or may not have the yellow header. I have duplicates of some props and some are missing the header.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Very highly detailed with full interior and optional position bomb bay doors with full interior and bomb load. Includes paint guide and markings for three aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note that part F5, a small triangle (one of 4) to mount the torpedo on the bomb bay is broken, but all parts are present so you can repair it. Not used if the bomb bay is modeled closed.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
Revell of Great Britain 1960s Academy release with great box art unique to this issue. Kit features optional position landing gear and cockpit hatch, boarding ladder and standing pilot. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Hard-to-find, out of production kit dated 2020. This finely molded model features 91 pieces. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$95
1961 issue in an 'excellent' grade box. Done in a big 1/16 scale, this kit and the other 'Old Timers' in the series represented a significant leap forward in quality for Aurora. It features full suspension, transaxle and driveline detail, rolling chassis build up like the real car, full exhaust, detailed interior and more. Molded in gloss ivory, gloss black, clear and with chrome plated parts and real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. The black parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bag. The ivory and clear parts were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. Aurora was renowned for turning a profit and for keeping expenses down. In researching new kit subjects, they came upon a forgotten jewel - the Hudson Miniatures line of 1/16 scale wooden kits. Hudson had discontinued this line due to lack of sales of wooden kits. But the Hudson models were second to none in quality, research and documentation. Aurora was quick to realize this and used the research and layout from these kits to create the subjects for this 'Old Timers' series. It is fortunate for us that they did, because in most cases this is the only injection molded kit of these rare and classic early automobiles.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$29
Rare 1976 Revell Japan hardbox issue with unique box art. This fine model features all parts and markings to make P1Y1, P1Y1a, P1Y2 and PI2-S variants, full interior detail, complete twin-row engines, optional position landing gear, open or closed bomb bay with different bomb or torpedo loads and more. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: upper floor, seats and instrument panels to the main floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) #17 propeller retainer; does not show when assembled and very easy to fabricate from flat plastic. Includes all other parts, 'near mint' condition decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Very nicely detailed model from 1986. Includes Commercial Passenger, Cargo or Executive full interiors, optional position entry and cargo doors and rotating props. Includes Philippine Navy and rare Air Liberia decals. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propellers of the size and quantity listed. Please note that the package you receive may or may not have the yellow header. I have duplicates of some props and some are missing the header.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$34
Highly detailed model of the Ju-88C-6 Night Fighter featuring 220 pieces, PE detail parts, excellent cockpit, correct nacelles with flame dampeners, separately molded ailerons and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$40
Original Renwal release from the early 1960s. This was an excellent kit for that time featuring three removable missiles, a detailed launch trailer that elevates and rotates the missiles, complete radar trailer with rotating and tilting radar housings and more. Includes a crew of four and full decals. The kit has not been started. The missiles are still sealed in the factory bag. The launcher and radar trailer were never factory sealed, and they have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$75
This is a Cleveland scale flying model in the agreed museum scale of 1/16. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete for the time and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, covering material, highest quality plans, all parts required for assembly and much more. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$26
This is the two piece box issue dated 1962 and with framable artwork. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$28
NOS - New Old Stock and still factory sealed. These are from a RC-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes all items shown: (2) 21003008, 21004005, 21082003, 21081203 and (5) 21081307 Mounting Screw Sets.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$12
Limited production kit with decals for all nations listed. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$38
1960s Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. Features spoked wheels, detailed chassis with separately molded front and rear suspension, full interior and a separately molded tailgate. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$29
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes a high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propeller of the size and quantity listed.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
From the 1960s and well molded. This is a very good quality Frog kit with no unsightly rivets, just fine panel lines for a realistic model. Features basic cockpit and crew stations, crew figures, separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudder. This kit has never been started. It is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
